The #Nashville Metro Council last night gave its final approval to an ordinance designed to help #GoogleFiber accelerate deployment of high-speed Internet in the Tennessee city, despite #ATT and #Comcast lobbying against the measure. Google Fiber's path isn't clear, however, as AT&T said weeks ago that it would likely sue Nashville if it passes the ordinance. AT&T has already sued Louisville, Kentucky over a similar ordinance designed to help Google Fiber. The Nashville Council vote approved a "One Touch Make Ready" ordinance that gives Google Fiber or other ISPs quicker access to utility poles. The ordinance lets a single company make all of the necessary wire adjustments on utility poles itself, instead of having to wait for incumbent providers like AT&T and Comcast to send work crews to move their own wires. One Council member who opposed the ordinance asked AT&T and Comcast to put forth an alternative plan, but the council stuck with the original One Touch Make Ready proposal.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/att-comcast-fail-in-latest-effort-to-stall-google-fiber-in-nashville/
